Motivation Quote by Karrie Webb

Karrie Webb’s line lands like a coach’s blunt diagnosis, not a motivational poster: most amateurs aren’t missing some secret swing thought, they’re simply not set up to succeed. In golf, “alignment” is the unsexy foundation - where your feet, hips, shoulders, and clubface are pointed relative to the target. Webb’s intent is corrective and practical: stop obsessing over contact and start by aiming your body correctly. It’s an athlete’s way of saying the error happens before the motion even starts.

The subtext is sharper: amateur golf is often a culture of self-deception. People blame “tempo” or buy new drivers because those fixes feel dynamic and glamorous. Admitting you’re aimed wrong is almost embarrassing because it’s basic. Webb’s phrasing, “always out,” carries a little dry impatience - the kind that comes from watching thousands of weekend players work hard on the wrong problem. It’s not that amateurs don’t practice; it’s that they practice compensations.

Context matters because Webb speaks from the vantage point of elite repeatability. Pros build swings around reliable starting lines; alignment is a controllable variable, a pre-shot check. Amateurs, by contrast, set up to the left, swing to the right, and then spend the next decade trying to “fix” a slice that’s partly an optical illusion created by bad aim. Webb is arguing for a humbler kind of improvement: fewer tweaks, more truth-telling at address.